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MULTI-MILLION-pound plans for a new state-of-the-art Cumbrian coalmine will be a massive employment boost for the region, resulting in major rail link improvements for Copeland.
That is the view of Millom Cllr Ged McGrath, who along with his fellow Conservative Councillors have welcomed the news that Cumbria County Council hasunanimously given the go-ahead to West Cumbria Mining, who want to extract coking coal along the coastline between Whitehaven and St Bees and process the fossil fuel at a nearby plant.
